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Any way to mimic merging 2 vertical cells in a column?

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2007-07-16 20:23:57
proudpapa
Registered: Jul 16 2007
Posts: 2

I have a table in LifeCycle Designer 8 - 3 columns across by 20 rows down used for the placement of various fields. In a single cell I need to place 2 radio buttons on a subform. If I squeeze the 2 radio buttons and the subform into a single cell I have to expand the row height which throws off the look of my page and there isn't enough space on the page to increase the height of all the rows to make them match.

What I would like to do is merge two cells in this column into a double-high cell so there is enough space for both radio buttons but the merge cell function doesn't allow this...only merging cells along the same row.

Any ideas on how to accomplish this type of alignment? Is there a trick achieving the same result?

Thanks!

Brad

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2008-04-21 12:19:27
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almitche
Expert
Registered: Apr 1 2008
Posts: 41
Hi there,

I don't think there is a magic way to do what you are looking to do. Each row in a table is actually a subform object (if you want to get all techish about it), and that's why you can't merge cells in different rows.

I suppose you could expand the row with the two radio buttons to make it twice as large as a standard row in your table, and then put subform objects in the other cells in the row to help place the existing objects within those cells a little easier.

Apart form that, I don't really have any other suggestions in this case, without changing some other aspect of your table (which it sounds like you can't really do anyway).

Hope that helps (but doubt it does).
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2008-04-22 08:31:38
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Formfingers
Registered: Feb 7 2007
Posts: 90
Brad - You're on the right track. It gets tricky trying to align/move the subform once it's in your table, but with some tweaking, you can get it to look just how you need. I hope I can picture what you're needing....

Try wrapping your radio buttons in a subform OUTSIDE your table. This subform should be "positioned". Since it doesn't think it's part of the table yet, it's easier to move/align/size as you need (take off your "snap to grid"). Once you get it visually laid out to look like two "merged" columns, take hold of that subform and place it into your table. It will probably move your table around and adjust your row heights and sizes....but your radio button layout in your subform should still be intact. With the "snap to grid" still off, zoom in and resize your table rows/columns to snug up against that subform.

With some patience and tweaking, you can get it to look like a merged column.
Good luck!
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